But I wouldn't say things are quite so bleak. I mean, I don't think the franchise is on the cusp of another dark peroid here.

Is this bunch going to win the World Series this season?

Obviously they are closer to being out of it than in it right now.

Should Wille Randolph should be fired if the Mets don't contend?

Yes. I've seen enough to know he's not going to lead this team anywhere.

Do I think GM Omar Minaya should go as well?

No I don't.

Minaya's no saint here.

You can fault him for his stubborn reliance on baseball relics like Moises Alou, Tom Glavine, Pedro Martinez -- it's time to say the rest of baseball was right and Omar was wrong on that four-year contract -- and El Duque.